TORAH PORTION
Temple Emanu-El
IT'S HAPPENING
RABBI LANE STEINGER
RABBI L. DAVID FEDER
14450 West Ten Mile Rood
Oak Park, Michigan 48237
(313) 967-4020
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Meets every Wednesday
Family Shabbat Service
Torah Study with Rabbi Lane Steinger
Shabbat Morning Service
Temple Leadership Class - All You
Ever Wanted to Know About Judaism,
The Reform Movement, and Your
Congregation
High School Class Dinner
High School Shabbat Service -
Signed for the Hearing Impaired
Torah Study with Rabbi Lane Steinger
Young Family Shabbat Service
Shabbat Morning Service -
Erin Miller, Bat Mitzvah
Sisterhood Meeting
Brotherhood Meeting
Temple Leadership Class
Social Action Committee Meeting
It's My Temple Too! Services for 2-5
Year Olds and Their Parents
Brotherhood Shabbat Service
Torah Study with Rabbi Lane Steinger
Shabbat Morning Service
PTO Meeting
Social Action Program - Salvadorian
Refugees
JEFF - Kindergarten and First Grade
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Shabbat Eve Service -
Sarah Levine, Bat Mitzvah
Torah Study with Rabbi Lane Steinger
Shabbat Morning Service -
Carolyn Owen, Bar Mitzvah
Book Review with Rabbi Lane Steinger
- From Beirut to Jerusalem
FEBRUARY
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6:00 p.m. Kindergarten Clas's Dinner
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9:30 a.m. Torah Study with Rabbi Lane Steinger
10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service,
Katie Schmier, Bat Mitzvah
7:30 p.m. Sisterhood Dinner -
"The Jews of Italy"
9:00 a.m. Second Grade Tu B'Shevat Program
Bais Chabad Torah Center
invites you to
Explore the world of the Talmud
through two new
Weekly Courses
using the
Steinsalts edition
of the
Talmud - Baba Metzia
Sundays 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
or
Thursdays 8:00 - 9:00 P.M.
Torah Center, 5595 W. Maple Rd.
All lectures begin during the first week of January
For more information, call Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg
626-1807 or 855-6170
54. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1989
Challenge To Find Freedom
In Which To Make Moral Choices
D
RABBI IRWIN GRONER
Special to The Jewish News
wring the course of
these weeks, we read
the story of Joseph
and his brothers. From the
perspective of the biblical nar-
rator, we are to understand
that every element of this
saga is related to the un-
folding of a divine plan that
trancends this tale of brother-
ly hatred, revenge and
ultimate reconciliation. Each
episode is related to a chain
of events whose consequences
will shape the future of a
people.
As a result of the hatred of
the brothers of Joseph, he is
sold into slavery. The Mi-
dianites transports him to
Egypt, where he is available
to interpret Pharaoh's
dreams. Because of his wise
interpretation, he is elevated
to the position of viceroy.
Irwin Groner is senior rabbi
of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek.
Then, he becomes the pro-
vider for his family, bringing
his father and brothers and
their families to Egypt. This
group of 70 became numerous
and multiplied greatly in the
course of the generations.
Then, "there did arise a
Pharaoh who knew not
Joseph" and enslaved the peo-
ple of Joseph.
This is all part of God's pur-
pose, for the Hebrew people
would be redeemed and their
redeemer would be Moses, the
greatest of all prophets.
The Exodus from Egypt
would lead to the unfolding of
an even greater purpose, the
giving of the Torah, thereby
establishing an eternal cove-
nant between God and the
Jewish people.
Every step of the drama is
required to fulfill God's grand
design.
From a philosophical
perspective, does this mean
that we do not direct the
course of events, that the tide
of history carries us along
without seeking our will?
I encounter many who say,
"Rabbi, I am a born fatalist;
what will be, will be; when
my number is up, I'll go."
When challenged, these peo-
ple can cite many incidents to
support their belief, stories of
how fate intervened
dramatically into their lives
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Shabbat Miketz:
Genesis 41:1-44:17,
Numbers 7:54-8:4,
Kings 1 7:40-7:50.
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a plane that was missed, or
an automobile ride that
wasn't taken, and this made
all the difference in the world.
Consider how our lives
would have been altered if, at
a certain moment in our fami-
ly history, we, or our parents
or grandparents or great-
grandparents, had not made
the decision to leave Europe
and come to America.
The story of Jospeh causes
us to confront this existential
question: Do we truly have
control over our lives, or are
we subject to laws oc causa-
tion that govern our actions?
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SYNAGOGUE SERVICES 1--
ORTHODOX:
Bais Chabad of Birm-
ingham/Bloomfield Hills: Moshe
Palter, rabbi. 646-3010.
Bais Chabad of Farmington
Hills: 32000 Middlebelt Rd., Farm-
ington Hills. Chaim Bergstein, rab
bi. 855-2910.
Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield:
5595 W: Maple Rd., West Bloom-
field. Melech Silberberg, rabbi.
855-6170.
Beth Jacob-Mogain Abraham:
15751 W. Lincoln Dr., Southfield.
Dov Loketch, rabbi. 557-6750.
Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah:
24225 Greenfield Rd., Southfield.
Leizer Levin, rabbi. 559-5022.
B'nai Israel-Beth Yehudah:
15400 W. 10 Mile Rd., Oak Park.
Yoel Sperka, rabbi. 967-3969.
B'nai Zion: 15250 W Nine Mile
Rd., Oak Park. Solomon Gruskin,
rabbi. 968-2414.
Dovid Ben Nuchim: 14800 W Lin-
coln, Oak Park. Chaskel Grubner,
rabbi. 968-9784.
Huntington Woods Minyan:
meets at the Burton School. Dave
Morrison, 542-1491.
Kollel Institute: 15230 W. Lincoln,
Oak Parka Moshe Schwab, rabbi.
968-0109.
Machon L'Torah: 15221 W Ten
Mile Rd., Oak Park. Avraham
Jacobowitz, rabbi. 967-0888.
Mishkan Israel, Nusach H'ari,
Lubavitcher Center: 14000 W. 9
Mile Rd., Oak Park. 543-6611.
Shaarey Shomayim: 15110 W. 10
Mile Rd., Oak Park. Leo Goldman,
rabbi. 547-8555.
Shomrey Emunah: 25451
Southfield Rd., Southfield. Shaiall
Zachariash, rabbi. 559-1533 or
557-9666.
Shomrey Emunah-Ohel Moed:
6191 Farmington Rd., West Bloom-
field. Eli Jundef, rabbi. 967-1806.
Young Israel of Greenfield: 15140
W. 10 Mile Rd., Oak Park. Reuven
Drucker, rabbi. 967-3655.
Young Israel of Oak-Woods:
24061 Coolidge, Oak Park; Eliezer
Cohen, rabbi. 398-1177.
Young Israel of Southfield: 27705
Lahser, Southfield. Elimelech
Goldberg, rabbi. 358-0154.
Young Israel of West Bloomfield:
6450 Farmington Rd., West Bloom-
field. Ira Lutzky, 259-8500.
TRADITIONAL:
B'nai David: 24350 Southfield Rd.,
Southfield. Morton Yolkut, rabbi.
557-8210.
CONSERVATIVE:
Adat Shalom: 29901 Middlebelt
Rd., Farmington Hills. Efry Spectre,
rabbi. 851-5100.
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses:
5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. A.
Irving Schnipper, rabbi. 851-6880.
Beth Achim: 21100 W. 12 Mile Rd.,
Southfield. Milton Arm, rabbi.
352-8670.
Beth Shalom: 14601 W. Lincoln
Rd., Oak Park. David Nelson, rab-
bi. 547-7970.
Beth Tephilath Moses: 146 South
Ave., Mt. Clemens. 465-0641.
B'nai Israel of West Bloomfield:
4200 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloom-
field. Sherman Kirshner, rabbi.
681-5353.
B'nai Moshe: 14390 W. 10 Mile
Rd., Oak Park. Allan Meyerowitz,
rabbi. 548-9000..
Downtown Synagogue: 1457
Griswold, Detroit. Noah Gamze,
rabbi. 961-9328.
Livonia Jewish Congregation:
31840 W. 7 Mile Rd., Livonia.
477-8974.
Shaarey Zedek: 27375 Bell Rd.,
Southfield. Irwin Groner, rabbi.
357-5544.
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REFORM:
Beth El: 7400 Telegraph Rd., Bir-
mingham. Daniel Polish, rabbi.
851-1100.
Beth Isaac: 2730 Edsel Dr., Tren-
ton. 675-0355.
Beth Jacob: 79 Elizabeth Lake
Rd., Pontiac. Richard Weiss, rabbi.
332-3212.
Emanu-El: 14450 W. 10 Mile Rd.,
Oak Park. Lane Steinger, rabbi.
967-4020.
Temple Israel: 5725 Walnut Lake
Rd., West Bloomfield. M. Robert
Syme, Harold Loss, Paul Yedwab,
rabbis. 661-5700.
Kol Ami: 5085 Walnut Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. Norman Roman,
rabbi. 661-0040.
Shir Shalom: 5642 Maple Rd.,
West Bloomfield. Dannel Schwartz,
rabbi. 737-8700.
Shir Tikvah: 3633 W. Big Beaver,
Troy. Arnie Sleutelberg, rabbi.
643-6520.
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HUMANISTIC:
Birmingham Temple: 28611 W. 12
Mile Rd., Farmington Hills. Sher-
win Wine, rabbi. 477-1410.
RECONSTRUCTIONIST:
T'Chiyah: St. Antoine at Monroe,
Detroit. 393-1089.
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UNAFFILIATED:
Sephardic Community of
Greater Detroit: meets at
Yeshivah Beth Yehudah, 15751 W
Lincoln, Southfield. David Hazan,
vice president. 545-8945.
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